Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demandThe EV sector consumed 59,000 tonnes of cobalt in 2021, or 34% of total demand, according to a report by the Cobalt Institute.Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2022 | 9:03 am
Europe’s first homegrown battery plant begins shipmentsNorthvolt AB became the first European firm to start commercial…Bloomberg News | May 17, 2022 | 8:00 am
America touts green energy as key to bridging Africa’s growth gapThe US is not opposed to China investing in Africa…Henry Lazenby in Cape Town, South Africa | May 13, 2022 | 3:11 am
Column: China ups critical minerals heat with graphite controls The West can’t say it wasn’t warned. Reuters | October 23, 2023 | 11:35 am
China plans to boost state cobalt reserves after prices drop Cobalt is among battery materials that are suffering sharp price declines from rising global output this year. Bloomberg News | October 23, 2023 | 6:57 am
Horizonte Minerals in talks to fund nickel project overrun The Araguaia project is facing a 35% cost jump and first production has been delayed to the third quarter of next year. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 23, 2023 | 5:05 am
SQM buys 30% stake in Australia’s Pirra Lithium The Chilean lithium giant will ultimately increase its interest to 40% by spending $1.9 million in exploration. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 23, 2023 | 3:45 am
Strategic Minerals to ‘fight’ for reopening of suspended section at its Spanish tin-tantalum mine Strategic Minerals Europe issued a media statement saying it will push for the restart of section C of its Penouta tin-tantalum mine in northwestern Spain. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 21, 2023 | 3:22 pm
South Star eyes faster ramp up of Brazil graphite mine The Santa Cruz project's output could reach 50,000 metric tons annually. Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 1:27 pm
Graphite buyers to boost imports ahead of China’s curbs – analysts Top buyers of graphite from China include Japan, the United States, South Korea and India. Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 10:33 am
Kazakh miner ERG plans $800 million revamp of DRC copper, cobalt mine The project includes the construction of a hydrometallurgical plant at the Comide mine. Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 9:17 am
South Africa’s QGC secures $1 billion for push into green metals The company plans to develop deposits of metals such as lithium, copper and nickel in southern and eastern Africa. Bloomberg News | October 20, 2023 | 9:14 am